APPEAL: Adam Johnson's appeal against his sentence and conviction has been rejected

The shamed former England international was caged for six years in March after grooming and engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old fan.

He is said to be “disappointed” after his efforts to overturn his conviction were rejected by the Court of Appeal.

Johnson’s sister Faye, who backed her brother and set up a Facebook page called Adam Johnson’s Appeal Fight, revealed the news online.

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NOT GIVING UP: Johnson's sister Faye is fighting for her brother on social media

She posted: “Absolutely devastated that the ‘single Judge has rejected my brother’s appeal against sentence and conviction’.

“Absolutely devastated that the ‘single Judge has rejected my brother’s appeal against sentence and conviction”

Faye Johnson

“But can assure every supporter that I will never give up!

“I will keep everyone posted as to the next steps. Also my appeal page has been temporarily removed but will be back up and running very soon.

“Thank you to everyone for your continued support daily. It means a lot and keeps me going. I will never give up #justiceforjohnson.”

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BATTLE: The convict's sister has set up Facebook Adam Johnson’s Appeal Fight

It is thought the page, which had more than 9,000 “likes”, was removed by Facebook after complaints over its strong support for the convicted child abuser.

Disgraced Johnson, 28, now has 14 days to appeal again.

The former £60,000-a-week star’s solicitor said: “We have received notification that Adam Johnson’s applications for leave to appeal against his conviction and sentence have been refused by the Single Judge.

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“He is obviously disappointed, having carefully considered all of the information, we will be lodging renewed applications on conviction and sentence in the coming days.”

But their renewed appeal bid could leave Johnson facing more time behind bars.

A full panel of judges will now discuss whether to allow a second hearing. The full court may allow Johnson to appeal.

But if the full court refuses permission for an appeal, that decision is final. If the second application is refused, the full court has the power to issue a “loss of time order” .

The order means that some of the prison-time spent while the second application is considered is not counted towards the time a prisoner has served.